Breast Cancer - People Who Are Caregivers

bruce2666

My wife Dianne diagnosed with lobular breast cancer.

posted 01/03/2009, comments (6)

TAC VERSUS TC CHEMOTHERAPY?

TAC VERSUS TC CHEMOTHERAPY? My wife had a lumpectomy on Nov 21 to remove a tumor on her left breast [1.7cm] which was lobular carcinoma and the breast surgeon received clear margins around the tumor. However, the pathology report showed 1 of 3 sentinel nodes were positive and on Dec 8 I had an axillary dissection examined 10 nodes which are... Read more Chevron

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Paul

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posted 11/25/2008, comment (1)

OUR STORY 5

On 11/11/08 I sat next to my wife while in a hospital bed at Moses Taylor hospital and I thanked the Lord for the great years we had together. We are a normal couple. We were born into a world of sin and sickness learned life's lessons and felt the sting of living in a fallen world enough to drive us to our Lord. He then directed our lives to... Read more Chevron

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Helen Jack

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posted 10/28/2008, comments (2)

Clippings

When she brought home the new lawnmower my mom glowed with an excitement matched only, perhaps, by the thrill she felt purchasing her first weed whacker. As a single, female homeowner, the machines empowered her; her mowing could be as good as any husband's. She whirred about the yard, surrounding our tiny house with a satisfying expanse... Read more Chevron

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Geeta

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posted 05/14/2008, comments (0)

Poor access to breast cancer treatment in India

While new research keeps happening in breast cancer, a large number of women in India fail to reach the caregivers. India's economic growth has not translated into uniform health care. I, as a breast surgeon, wish to reach out to a larger number of needy women who cannot access care for lack of money.It breaks my heart to see an early stage... Read more Chevron

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Doug Haberstroh

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posted 02/01/2008, comments (7)

Keri's Metastatic Breast Cancer Story Comes to an End

A Note from Doug Haberstroh: This will be the last entry. Keri's struggle ceased. Her love, her memory, her being will live on forever in me, our families, and our friends. Her life was too short, and if I could have changed places with her I would have. If meaning I had to do it all over again just for one more minute with my Baby, I... Read more Chevron

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